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Diffstat (limited to 'util-linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | util-linux/Config.in | 129 |
1 files changed, 66 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/Config.in b/util-linux/Config.in index 833a41ff0..86d404ab5 100644 --- a/util-linux/Config.in +++ b/util-linux/Config.in @@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ config DMESG bool "dmesg" default n help - dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the + dmesg is used to examine or control the kernel ring buffer. When the Linux kernel prints messages to the system log, they are stored in - the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring + the kernel ring buffer. You can use dmesg to print the kernel's ring buffer, clear the kernel ring buffer, change the size of the kernel ring buffer, and change the priority level at which kernel messages - are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you + are also logged to the system console. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'dmesg' utility. config FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ config FEATURE_DMESG_PRETTY depends on DMESG help If you wish to scrub the syslog level from the output, say 'Y' here. - The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form "<#>". + The syslog level is a string prefixed to every line with the form + "<#>". With this option you will see: # dmesg @@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ config FBSET default n help fbset is used to show or change the settings of a Linux frame buffer - device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique - interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option + device. The frame buffer device provides a simple and unique + interface to access a graphics display. Enable this option if you wish to enable the 'fbset' utility. config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY @@ -52,8 +53,8 @@ config FEATURE_FBSET_FANCY depends on FBSET help This option enables extended fbset options, allowing one to set the - framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics - display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset + framebuffer size, color depth, etc. interface to access a graphics + display. Enable this option if you wish to enable extended fbset options. config FEATURE_FBSET_READMODE @@ -70,11 +71,11 @@ config FDFLUSH default n help fdflush is only needed when changing media on slightly-broken - removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a + removable media drives. It is used to make Linux believe that a hardware disk-change switch has been actuated, which causes Linux to - forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have + forget anything it has cached from the previous media. If you have such a slightly-broken drive, you will need to run fdflush every time - you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely + you change a disk. Most people have working hardware and can safely leave this disabled. config FDFORMAT @@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ config FDISK default n help The fdisk utility is used to divide hard disks into one or more - logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility + logical disks, which are generally called partitions. This utility can be used to list and edit the set of partitions or BSD style 'disk slices' that are defined on a hard drive. @@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ config FEATURE_FDISK_WRITABLE depends on FDISK help Enabling this option allows you to create or change a partition table - and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option + and write those changes out to disk. If you leave this option disabled, you will only be able to view the partition table. config FEATURE_AIX_LABEL @@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ config FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED help Enabling this option allows you to do terribly unsafe things like define arbitrary drive geometry, move the beginning of data in a - partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good + partition, and similarly evil things. Unless you have a very good reason you would be wise to leave this disabled. config FINDFS @@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ config FINDFS select VOLUMEID help This is similar to the findfs program that is part of the e2fsprogs - package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This + package. However, the e2fsprogs version only support ext2/3. This version supports those in addition to FAT, swap, and ReiserFS. WARNING: With all submodules selected, it will add ~8k to busybox. @@ -165,11 +166,11 @@ config FREERAMDISK bool "freeramdisk" default n help - Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to + Linux allows you to create ramdisks. This utility allows you to delete them and completely free all memory that was used for the - ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later + ramdisk. For example, if you boot Linux into a ramdisk and later pivot_root, you may want to free the memory that is allocated to the - ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave + ramdisk. If you have no use for freeing memory from a ramdisk, leave this disabled. config FSCK_MINIX @@ -177,9 +178,9 @@ config FSCK_MINIX default n help The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem - with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and + with little overhead. It is not a journaling filesystem however and can experience corruption if it is not properly unmounted or if the - power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to + power goes off in the middle of a write. This utility allows you to check for and attempt to repair any corruption that occurs to a minix filesystem. @@ -188,8 +189,8 @@ config MKFS_MINIX default n help The minix filesystem is a nice, small, compact, read-write filesystem - with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix filesystems - this utility will do the job for you. + with little overhead. If you wish to be able to create minix + filesystems this utility will do the job for you. comment "Minix filesystem support" depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX @@ -199,9 +200,9 @@ config FEATURE_MINIX2 default y depends on FSCK_MINIX || MKFS_MINIX help - If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable this. - If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to be using the - version 2 filesystem support. + If you wish to be able to create version 2 minix filesystems, enable + this. If you enabled 'mkfs_minix' then you almost certainly want to + be using the version 2 filesystem support. config GETOPT bool "getopt" @@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ config GETOPT help The getopt utility is used to break up (parse) options in command lines to make it easy to write complex shell scripts that also check - for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly + for legal (and illegal) options. If you want to write horribly complex shell scripts, or use some horribly complex shell script - written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will + written by others, this utility may be for you. Most people will wisely leave this disabled. config HEXDUMP @@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ config HWCLOCK default n help The hwclock utility is used to read and set the hardware clock - on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on + on a system. This is primarily used to set the current time on shutdown in the hardware clock, so the hardware will keep the correct time when Linux is _not_ running. @@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS default n depends on HWCLOCK && GETOPT_LONG help - By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you + By default, the hwclock utility only uses short options. If you are overly fond of its long options, such as --hctosys, --utc, etc) then enable this option. @@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ config FEATURE_HWCLOCK_ADJTIME_FHS depends on HWCLOCK help Starting with FHS 2.3, the adjtime state file is supposed to exist - at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish + at /var/lib/hwclock/adjtime instead of /etc/adjtime. If you wish to use the FHS behavior, answer Y here, otherwise answer N for the classic /etc/adjtime path. @@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ config LOSETUP default n help losetup is used to associate or detach a loop device with a regular - file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This + file or block device, and to query the status of a loop device. This version does not currently support enabling data encryption. config MDEV @@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ config FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME_REGEXP default n depends on FEATURE_MDEV_RENAME help - Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming device. + Add support for regular expressions substitutions when renaming + device. config FEATURE_MDEV_EXEC bool "Support command execution at device addition/removal" @@ -354,9 +356,9 @@ config MKSWAP default n help The mkswap utility is used to configure a file or disk partition as - Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or + Linux swap space. This allows Linux to use the entire file or partition as if it were additional RAM, which can greatly increase - the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is + the capability of low-memory machines. This additional memory is much slower than real RAM, but can be very helpful at preventing your applications being killed by the Linux out of memory (OOM) killer. Once you have created swap space using 'mkswap' you need to enable @@ -377,9 +379,9 @@ config MORE default n help more is a simple utility which allows you to read text one screen - sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than + sized page at a time. If you want to read text that is larger than the screen, and you are using anything faster than a 300 baud modem, - you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have + you will probably find this utility very helpful. If you don't have any need to reading text files, you can leave this disabled. config FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS @@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ config FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS depends on MORE || TOP help This option allows utilities such as 'more' and 'top' to determine - the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities + the size of the screen. If you leave this disabled, your utilities that display things on the screen will be especially primitive and will be unable to determine the current screen size, and will be unable to move the cursor. @@ -608,10 +610,10 @@ config MOUNT default n help All files and filesystems in Unix are arranged into one big directory - tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a - particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block + tree. The 'mount' utility is used to graft a filesystem onto a + particular part of the tree. A filesystem can either live on a block device, or it can be accessible over the network, as is the case with - NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable + NFS filesystems. Most people using BusyBox will also want to enable the 'mount' utility. config FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE @@ -649,7 +651,7 @@ config FEATURE_MOUNT_LABEL select VOLUMEID help This allows for specifying a device by label or uuid, rather than by - name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs. + name. This feature utilizes the same functionality as findfs. config FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS bool "Support mounting NFS file systems" @@ -672,7 +674,7 @@ config FEATURE_MOUNT_FLAGS bool "Support lots of -o flags in mount" default y help - Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it + Without this, mount only supports ro/rw/remount. With this, it supports nosuid, suid, dev, nodev, exec, noexec, sync, async, atime, noatime, diratime, nodiratime, loud, bind, move, shared, slave, private, unbindable, rshared, rslave, rprivate, and runbindable. @@ -689,11 +691,11 @@ config PIVOT_ROOT default n help The pivot_root utility swaps the mount points for the root filesystem - with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts + with some other mounted filesystem. This allows you to do all sorts of wild and crazy things with your Linux system and is far more powerful than 'chroot'. - Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced + Note: This is for initrd in linux 2.4. Under initramfs (introduced in linux 2.6) use switch_root instead. config RDATE @@ -728,7 +730,7 @@ config SETARCH default n help The linux32 utility is used to create a 32bit environment for the - specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have + specified program (usually a shell). It only makes sense to have this util on a system that supports both 64bit and 32bit userland (like amd64/x86, ppc64/ppc, sparc64/sparc, etc...). @@ -738,9 +740,9 @@ config SWAPONOFF help This option enables both the 'swapon' and the 'swapoff' utilities. Once you have created some swap space using 'mkswap', you also need - to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff' + to enable your swap space with the 'swapon' utility. The 'swapoff' utility is used, typically at system shutdown, to disable any swap - space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this + space. If you are not using any swap space, you can leave this option disabled. config FEATURE_SWAPON_PRI @@ -755,28 +757,28 @@ config SWITCH_ROOT default n help The switch_root utility is used from initramfs to select a new - root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of - pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.) + root device. Under initramfs, you have to use this instead of + pivot_root. (Stop reading here if you don't care why.) Booting with initramfs extracts a gzipped cpio archive into rootfs - (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved - or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead, + (which is a variant of ramfs/tmpfs). Because rootfs can't be moved + or unmounted*, pivot_root will not work from initramfs. Instead, switch_root deletes everything out of rootfs (including itself), does a mount --move that overmounts rootfs with the new root, and then execs the specified init program. * Because the Linux kernel uses rootfs internally as the starting and ending point for searching through the kernel's doubly linked - list of active mount points. That's why. + list of active mount points. That's why. config UMOUNT bool "umount" default n help - When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount point, - for example when you are shutting down the system, the 'umount' utility is - the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' utility, you almost certainly - also want to enable 'umount'. + When you want to remove a mounted filesystem from its current mount + point, for example when you are shutting down the system, the + 'umount' utility is the tool to use. If you enabled the 'mount' + utility, you almost certainly also want to enable 'umount'. config FEATURE_UMOUNT_ALL bool "Support option -a" @@ -794,10 +796,11 @@ config FEATURE_MOUNT_LOOP depends on MOUNT || UMOUNT help Enabling this feature allows automatic mounting of files (containing - filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices. The mount - command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead of a block - device, and transparently associate the file with a loopback device. - The umount command will also free that loopback device. + filesystem images) via the linux kernel's loopback devices. + The mount command will detect you are trying to mount a file instead + of a block device, and transparently associate the file with a + loopback device. The umount command will also free that loopback + device. You can still use the 'losetup' utility (to manually associate files with loop devices) if you need to do something advanced, such as @@ -811,9 +814,9 @@ config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT select FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE help Historically, Unix systems kept track of the currently mounted - partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports + partitions in the file "/etc/mtab". These days, the kernel exports the list of currently mounted partitions in "/proc/mounts", rendering - the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be + the old mtab file obsolete. (In modern systems, /etc/mtab should be a symlink to /proc/mounts.) The only reason to have mount maintain an /etc/mtab file itself is if @@ -823,7 +826,7 @@ config FEATURE_MTAB_SUPPORT features like separate per-process filesystem namespaces, requires that your /etc directory be writeable, tends to get easily confused by --bind or --move mounts, won't update if you rename a directory - that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.) + that contains a mount point, and so on. (In brief: avoid.) About the only reason to use this is if you've removed /proc from your kernel. |